Wow, this was a surprise. Jim Maher died.

James Robert Maher, 59, a retired executive with the American Land Title Association, died May 5 of kidney cancer at his home in McLean.

Mr. Maher joined the American Land Title Association, the trade association for the abstract and title insurance industry, as general counsel in 1984 and was promoted to executive vice president four years later. He was responsible for managing the association's legislative, legal and research activities, as well as its education and public relations work. He retired from ALTA in 2007 but continued working as secretary and counsel of the Title Industry Assurance Company and the Title Reinsurance Company. He also was a board member of Mortgage Electronics Registration Systems.

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